The Sublimity Connected With Vastness, Is Familiar

Contact With The Affairs Of State Is One Of The Most Corrupting Of The Influences To Which Men Are Exposed.

Much Was Said And Written, At The Time, Concerning The Policy Of Adding The Vast Regions Of Louisiana, To The Already Immense, And But Half-tenanted Territories Of The United-states.

We Are All Human, And All Do Wrong.

There Are Evils Worse Than Death.

Systems Are To Be Appreciated By Their General Effects, And Not By Particular Exceptions.